A call to recognise and grow the Indigenous‐led stewardship of Country

Gore‐Birch, Cissy; Costello, Oliver; Goolmeer, Teagan; Moggridge, Bradley; Leeuwen, Stephen van

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“…In Australia, it is evident from national recovery planning mechanisms 9,10,13,16,18 , that policy makers nd it challenging to integrate Indigenous Knowledge and traditional management practices in meaningful and holistic ways. Attempts are often made to engage Indigenous people in a fee for service model to implement actions such as pest management or monitoring, instead of forming partnerships that invest in the cultural wellbeing and empowerment of Indigenous Australians to continue their ongoing stewardship of Country 10 .…”

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“…To drive the Indigenous-led management of CSE, a collaborative approach is increasingly being recognized as an effective tool to promote biodiversity conservation and enhance the wellbeing of local Indigenous people 8 . The real potential of collaborative management of CSE has yet to be fully comprehended, due largely to the lack of Indigenous involvement in decision-making at local, regional and national levels 4,[8][9][10] .…”

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Indigenous-led designation and management of Culturally Significant Species

Goolmeer,

Costello,

Skroblin

et al. 2024

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Globally, Indigenous peoples are actively seeking better recognition of plants and animals that are of cultural significance, also known as Cultural Keystone Species, or Culturally Significant Entities (CSE), which encompass both species and ecological communities. The acknowledgement and collaborative management of CSE in biodiversity conservation improves environmental outcomes as well as the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people. The global diversity and complexity of Indigenous knowledge, values, and obligations make achieving a universal approach to designating CSE highly unlikely. Instead, empowering local Indigenous-led governance structures with methods to identify place-based CSE will yield more culturally supported results. In this study we used a structured decision-making framework with objectives and biocultural measures developed by Indigenous experts, with the aim of prioritizing place-based CSE for collaborative management approaches on Bunjalung Country in coastal eastern Australia. Our findings support the strategic alignment of Indigenous-led objectives and biocultural measures for the place-based designation and management of CSE, by placing the decision-making authority within the local cultural governance structures. We found some congruence and some important differences between CSE priorities and management compared with the colonial focus of threatened species management underpinned by current laws and policies. We provide a reproduceable methods and demonstration of successful local CSE designation and prioritization in an Australian context that highlights opportunities for Indigenous leadership, supported by governments in designation and management of CSE.

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Indigenous-led designation and management of Culturally Significant Species

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Skroblin

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“…(2020) argue “the best scientists are the people that's out there.” The Tiwi Ranger program is ideally suited to be a sentinel for climate change impacts, not only in the Tiwi Islands, but for all of Northern Australia—particularly if they were part of a region‐wide network of Indigenous Rangers that were all performing a similar role. Beyond knowledge of the impacts of climate change, the kinds of observations of change that Rangers can provide are critical for adaptation, for they signal the pace and location of change, and are key to designing responses that are triggered by threshold events (Gore‐Birch et al., 2022).…”

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“Winga Is Trying to Get in”: Local Observations of Climate Change in the Tiwi Islands

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There is a growing body of research documenting Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities' observations of changes in climate. The accuracy, efficacy, and transferability of this research depends on its motives and methods. In this paper, we report on research to produce a working knowledge of changes in climate and its impacts on local biophysical systems in the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia. Interviews with 52 Tiwi people were combined with diverse forms of aerial data to produce a nuanced understanding of climate change in these remote islands. These data show changes in climate‐sensitive biophysical systems that would otherwise remain undetected by instruments conventionally used for monitoring climate change. These include changes in shorelines, which are causing concerns about damage to buildings that are important for Tiwi well‐being, and changes in the marine environment and wetlands, which are causing concerns about damage to natural heritage. We discuss the implications of these findings, arguing that systematic observations collected by networks of people “on Country” can provide excellent monitoring of climate change impacts, and that Indigenous people's interests in the effects of climate change overlap with those of non‐Indigenous people, as do their rights to support from the State for adaptation.

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“…It's time for governments, conservationists and researchers alike, to recognise the enduring tangible and intangible value of the Indigenous Estate (Gore‐Birch et al . 2022). To ensure First People's perspectives and expertise are effectively included in the priorities and work of the Biodiversity Council, First People are included at all levels of decision‐making (Goolmeer & van Leeuwen 2023), including two representatives on the Board, a Co‐chief Councillor, and making up one third of the Council.…”

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Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

Dielenberg,

Bekessy,

Cumming

et al. 2023

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A call to recognise and grow the Indigenous‐led stewardship of Country

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Indigenous-led designation and management of Culturally Significant Species

Indigenous-led designation and management of Culturally Significant Species

“Winga Is Trying to Get in”: Local Observations of Climate Change in the Tiwi Islands

Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

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